St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-27
1t Swept Through the Black Hills Yes
terday Afternoon, Causing
Great Damage.
Horses Stampeded by the Hundreds,
Mules Killed, and Windows
Smashed in Towns.
A Little Village Near Glyndon Nearly
Wiped Out by Tornado
Storm Notes.
Iowa Bankers tn Session at Des M0ineS
---General Northwestern
News.

RAPID CITY, Dak., July @.-InlS
afternoon the severest storm ever
known swept through the valley. The
damage to windows of the school of
mines of Dakota, the court house, high
school, churches and private property
is estimated at not less than $4,000.
The large skylight over the court of the
new Hotel Harry was destroyed. The
plate glass in store fronts was shat
tered. The damage to the court house is
not known. The storm annihilated all
vegetation on its route. Four companies
of United States cavalry camped here
on the march to Fort Reilly
vino were Overtaken by the
storm and 400 horses Stampeded.
About half are now recovered. Freight
erS' outfits and stock on the ranges Suf-
fered severely. The hail killed all the
mules in a train of the Northwestern
Transportation company few miles
from this place.
MOLAND'S VISITATION.
Special to the Globe.
GLYNDON, Minn., July ga tornado
struck the town of MOland, four miles
North of here, at II O'Clock last evening,
breaking down trees and damaging the
houses of S. o. Lea, William Lloyd,
Knute EvanSOn and Ole KnuteSOn; also
several barns and granaries. There
were five persons wounded by the fall
ing buildings-S. 0. Lea, aged thirty,
right leg badly cut; Mrs. S. o. Lea, aged
thirty-one, badly bruised about the
head and chest, right eye
ball lacerated and conclusion of
brain; Martin Lea, aged five years,
right collar bone fractured and luXation
of right shoulder and several flesh
wounds on body and limbs, also internal
injuries; John Doyle, several flesh
wounds, and Ole KnutSoD, badly bruised
by falling timbers.
GRAIN DAMAGED.
Special to the Globe.
ABERDEEN, Dak., July ga storm
about twenty miles southwest of this
city, at ScatterwOOd lake, did consider
able damage to houses and grain.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Special to the Globe.
TRACY, Minn., July Co. Rodney
Howard, aged fourteen years, residing
with his parents nine miles south OF
here, was struck by lightning and in
Stantly killed during thunder storm at
4 80 this afternoon. He was herding
cattle near his home at the time and
was killed while attempting to keep the
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at Currie.
ABOUT MOORHEAD.
Special to the Globe.
MOORHEAD. Minn., July 27.-The
storm here last night reached a velocity
of eighty miles an hour as reported by
the signal service, twenty miles more
than was ever known before. The fall
of rain was but siX-tenthS of an inch.
The lightning was almost constant, and
the thunder sounded like the discharge
of cannon. The terrific wind shook the
largest brick buildings. The tin roof
of the central portion of the court house
was blown off and the walls of the
new round house were blown down.
Crops have not suffered extensively,
owing to the fact that little, if any, hail
fell. The timber along the Buffalo
river is badly shattered, broken and
torn up. The storm seems to have trav-
eled in a zigZag course, going southeast,
northeast and due east by turns. Its
path was from three to four miles wide.
The school house in District No. 6 was
blown to atoms and is a total loss.
Pieces of timber are said to be driven
into the ground three or four feet deep
and blown many rods from the build
ings. William LlOyd's house, barn and
granary on the east side of the Buffalo
were all blown to flinders and the lum-
ber scattered over the prairie thirty or
forty rods away. Mr.. Lloyd estimates
his loss at 500.
AT AND NEAR FARGO.
FARGO, Oak, July 26.-This has been
a busy day repairing the damage TO
roofs, chimneyS, windows and buildings
from the storm last night. There are
hundreds of these which will aggregate
quite an amount. A large part of the
roof and part of the wall of the Milwau-
kee freight depot was destroyed. The
largest building in the town, foundry,
200 by 400 feet, is mass of ruins, and it
is thought several tramps may be
found buried under the piles of
brick and debris. 1t cost some
$4,000, but was not in use. Dur
ing the storms yesterday and last
night hail fell in some localities, but
did little damage so far as reported.
Charles Schwahn, near Leonard, lost
half his crop and others suffered two to
four bushels per acre. A few farmers
in this county will begin to cut wheat
the last of this week. An Argus Spe-
cial reports that the wife of EckleSOn
Thompson, in Davenport, was killed by
lightning last night. With her daugh-
ter she had taken refuge in the cellar.
The daughter was stunned. The men
who remained up stairs were not hurt,
Mr.. Thompson, who was in great trouble
over son in the penitentiary for as
sault. is reported insane at the death of
his wife,